JUPITER, FL : Two paramedics died in a rollover crash on Thursday, June 1, 2017

Two paramedics died in a rollover crash that also injured a third person in Florida.

In a statement, Bill Hall of American Medical Response said 51-year-old Lahiri Garcia and 36-year-old Paul Besaw were killed in the crash early Thursday in Jupiter, which is north of West Palm Beach. Garcia was a critical care supervisor and Besaw was a critical care paramedic.

Jupiter police spokeswoman Kristin Rightler tells local news outlets no patients were in the ambulance when it crashed around 3 a.m.

The injured person was taken to a trauma center.

Witnesses told police that a car attempted a U-turn in front of the ambulance.

Jupiter police are investigating the crash.

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2 paramedics dead in rollover crash involving ambulance